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Millennial Saint Unlocked

July 8, 2024
A 15-year-old computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 is set to become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.
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Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals approved Carlo Acutis' canonization on Monday, according to Vatican News. Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, in London and then moved with his Italian parents to Milan as a child, was the...
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A teenager who used the internet to spread Catholicism will become the
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church's first millennial saint Carlo acutis who died of leukemia at age
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15 in 2006 is being called God's influencer.
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During his life. Carlo quoted website spreading the Catholic faith and
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helped victims of bullying and homelessness.
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His parents say he showed an interest in saints and miracles from
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such a young age.
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Carlo documented Catholic miracles on his website and the church says he
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made his computer an instrument in the service of God.
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So Carlo is credited with two healing miracles.
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The Vatican says that in 2013,
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he saved a Brazilian child who had a pancreatic condition.
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The child prayed to acutis healed and survived.
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And this year, the church says that Carl saved another child's
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life. A Costa Rican girl was severely injured.
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This may but miraculously survived after her mother prayed at a tomb
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Wow. Dang.
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He was, he's our age.
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Yeah, he's our age literally.
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Yeah, he's our age.
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And Dre being an influencer,
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I want to be a saint like I'm like,
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but you have to be pure to be a saint.
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Maybe there's something there.
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But wait So how,
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what do you think your saint thing would be your Santa Jenny
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Like Santa de la,
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the land here that I help people with anxiety because I have
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anxiety so you heal them of their anxiety.
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Like a therapist, like I said,
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be Santo hater because I like to hate.
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I think it's a good thing though.